- The Four Worlds:
-
Emanation,
Creation, Formation and Action
The World of Emanation - Azilut - אצילות
The five parzufim or spiritual faces of the Kabbalah
can be discerned
in this work.
Erich Anpin is represented by a large brick.
Zeir Anpin and Keter
(Crown)
are symbolized by clusters of Hebrew letters.
The upside down image of
Nukva
correlates to the two brains
of Abba and Imma within Zeir Anpin.
When
the disk is turned around vigorously
the figures turn to a mysterious white.
Oil and tempera on canvas
39 1/2" x 39 1/2"
(100 x 100 cm)
The World of Creation - Breeya - בריאה
In this painting one can discern a
large skull
in the center whose bone structure
reveal visages from the Throne of Glory.
On each side is a cherub with
the face
of a young boy and girl child,
who protect and shield the world
from the intense light of the Throne of Glory.
Their wings are in the forms
of delicate
feminine hands,
representing the Shechina, the Divine Presence.
Piercing through the
Throne
is a beam of white light
from the higher worlds
containing the orbs of
the sephirot
or channels of spiritual influx.
At the bottom of the Throne is a
representation
of rivers of cold fire,
while the top is surrounded by stars.
The
vision of the skull
represents the supernal brain,
as described by the prophets Ezekial
and Daniel,
through which knowledge
of the world and God is possible.
Since
everything supernal
has its correspondence
in the structure and form of the human body,
this "brain" is also within us.
Oil and tempera on canvas
39 1/2" x 39
1/2" (100 x 100 cm)
CLOSE-UP VIEW OF SECTION:
The World of Formation (Angels) -
Yetzira - יצירה
The horizontal strips of stars
divide the painting into four parts.
The seven eyes in the lower half
represent the seven angels who observe
the deeds of man.
A beam of light divides the painting
vertically into
two sections
as its passes through the ten echelons
of Adam Kadmon, the Primordial
Man.
Each echelon has its symbolic meaning
and special group of angels. The
upper part
of the painting contains the three highest
Echelons (Bina, Hachma and
Keter)
which are mentalities
and as such have no explicit forms.
Between them
is the Seat of God,
whose center is a stone upon
which is written four
times
the Hebrew letter Yod.
To the right and the left
are the two cherubs
with the face of a baby boy and girl.
Above them are two archangels.
oil & tempera on canvas
also available as poster 50 X
70 cm
CLOSE-UP VIEW OF SECTION:
Triptych: the World of Formation
(Angels) - Yetzira
Three paintings of the World
of Angels joined together,
each in a different style –
abstract(left), figurative (center) and caligraphic(right).
The most
important of the three is the abstract
which best represents the spiritual energies and light
of this realm.
The World of Action - Asiya - עשיה
There are thirteen
concentric rings
extending from the center of the painting.
A beam of light from the outer ring
penetrates these rings until reaching
the central core where it becomes transformed
into an umbilical cord
attached
to a female fetus in negative composed of stars.
Surrounding this
central core which
represents the Element of Earth
are the rings of the Elements of Water,
Air and Fire.
Around the Four Elements are the Seven Heavens
which are the abodes of the Seven Planets,
which are in turn surrounded
by the
constellations of the Zodiac.
The outer circle, notched with exactly one hundred windows,
is the
Transcendental Diurnal ring,
which turns all the other rings.
The hundred windows are
divided
into four sections and in each section
the colors gradually change from
red to green.
oil & tempera on canvas
mounted on revolving circular base
60" in diameter (150 cm)
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above works were originally designed
- to be viewed as anaglyphic art
- which is the
unique method of Yael Avi-Yonah.
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above paintings
- are available as serigraphs and posters,
- as well as
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